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School is boring. Do you think that is true? What about “meaningful learning happens outside of the classroom?” Kevin Bushweller is the Executive Editor of EdWeek Market Brief and he took on that issue as part of a Special Report for Education Week. He does not mean to imply that great learning is NOT happening… Read More »

We use a lot of educational buzz words when we talk about how kids learn at LEADPrep. You hear terms like STEM, project-based learning, design thinking, place-based, flipped learning, and many others. The most important thing you need to know about LEADPrep is, that at the center of all the jargon, our model is focused… Read More »

LEADPrep is a progressive “micro-school.” What exactly is a “micro-school” and what does that mean for our students? Arianna Prothero, a staff writer for Education Week has thought about that question a lot. It’s a relatively new phenomenon, but there seems to be a consensus forming around a few core traits: Micro-schools have no more… Read More »

Our guest blogger this month is Connor Schroeder. Connor is a twelfth grade student at LEADPrep. He is very passionate about sports and music. His favorite subject is English. On the weekends you can find him hanging out with friends and driving around town. What have the students being doing? Over the last month, we have been… Read More »

Project based learning at LEADPrep is characterized by four specific traits: the project is designed, planned, executed, and exhibited by the students themselves. This is not a new idea. In 1897 the educational reformer John Dewey first promoted the idea of “learning by doing.” This idea picked up popularity in the 70’s, but it… Read More »

Did you know that LEADPrep prevents car crashes? Hard to believe? Believe it! A three-year study covering 9,000 students from eight public high schools in three states determined that high schools that start at 8:30 or later allowed 60% of the student body to get at least eight hours of sleep a night. At… Read More »

At LEADPrep we strive to remain on the cutting edge of teaching/learning techniques. We work hard to maintain a strong awareness of the best of the best in regards to how we teach, how our students learn, and how we prepare our students for the world at large. One of our techniques is called… Read More »

It’s hard to think about going to school without thinking about taking tests. Ugg! But there are different kinds of tests, and we specialize in one specific type of testing at LEADPrep. Summative Summative assessments are often given in classroom situations. The goal of a summative assessment is to evaluate what a student has learned… Read More »

Creativity used to be something you either had or you didn’t have. But that limited definition is changing due to creativity being looked at scientifically. What happens inside your brain when you are creative? A psychiatrist, Dr. Grant Brenner has a great article in Psychology Today that explains just what happens. First, you need to… Read More »

When you first think about it, the arts and science don’t have that much in common. Artists deal with imagery, color, metaphor, texture, illusions, emotions, perceptions. Art is subjective. Scientists uses facts, numbers, equations, and data. Science is objective. They couldn’t be more different in the way they approach their work. Artists look for… Read More »